launch

1 of 3

verb

ˈlȯnch

ˈlänch

launched; launching; launches

transitive verb

: to throw forward : hurl

launched an arrow at a target

: to release, catapult, or send off (a self-propelled object)

launch a rocket

: to set (a boat or ship) afloat

: to give (a person) a start

launched her on a new career

c(1)

: to put into operation or set in motion : initiate, introduce

launch a business

launch a fund drive

(2)

: to get off to a good start

a literary dinner to launch the book

Newsweek

: to load into a computer's memory and run

launch a program

intransitive verb

: to spring forward : take off

The catapult snagged and the plane overturned before it could launch.

: to enter energetically

launched into an impromptu speech

Tim Tucker

archaic : to slide down the ways

: to make a start

had launched on his hour of study

Hallam Tennyson

launch

2 of 3

noun (1)

: an act or instance of launching

launch

3 of 3

noun (2)

: a large boat that operates from a ship

: a small motorboat that is open or that has the forepart of the hull covered

Kids Definition

launch 1 of 3

verb

ˈlȯnch

launched; launching

: to throw or spring forward : hurl

McNab scooped up a handful of track stones. He launched one.

Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee

: to send off especially with force

launch a spacecraft

: to set afloat

launch a ship

: to give a start to : begin

launch a plan

launch

2 of 3

noun

: an act of launching

a rocket launch

launch

3 of 3

noun

: a small open or partly covered motorboat

launches 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of launch

as in founds

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of after retiring, he launched a small company devoted to making medical devices

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

founds
establishes
initiates
introduces
creates
pioneers
inaugurates
begins
institutes
innovates
starts
plants
constitutes
organizes
invents
originates
constructs
develops
manufactures
devises
produces
sets up
concocts
fathers
conceives
authors
expands
funds
relaunches
contrives
subsidizes
enlarges
arranges
finances
systematizes
fabricates
endows
makes up
cooks (up)
reinitiates
reinstitutes
systemizes
refounds
thinks (up)
puts up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

closes (down)
shuts (up)
abolishes
stops
halts
ends
annihilates
finishes
nullifies
terminates
annuls
phases out
rounds (off or out)
winds up
wraps up

as in begins

to take the first step in (a process or course of action) she launched a career in journalism after quitting acting school

Synonyms & Similar Words

begins
commences
starts
opens
creates
initiates
leads off
generates
kicks off
gets going
inaugurates
organizes
sets about
gets off
adopts
invents
innovates
falls (to)
gets to
embarks (on or upon)
establishes
originates
founds
spawns
strikes (into)
enters (into or upon)
institutes
embraces
fathers
pioneers
takes on
takes up
sets up
gets around (to)
gets down (to)
gets round (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

finishes
ends
concludes
terminates
stops
halts
completes
ceases
closes
discontinues
quits
abandons
leaves
lays off
destroys
desists
abolishes
knocks off
forsakes
demolishes
extinguishes
exterminates
phases out

as in throws

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm infantrymen launching grenades at the nest of machine gunners

Synonyms & Similar Words

throws
hurls
tosses
flings
catapults
fires
slings
casts
lobs
heaves
bowls
flips
lofts
pitches
chucks
hurtles
dashes
pegs
pelts
lets fly
propels
thrusts
rolls
ejects
shoots
passes
darts
guns
projects
hooks
precipitates
rifles
impels
bucks

launches

2 of 2

noun

plural of launch

as in takeoffs

a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket) the reporters held their collective breath as they silently watched the space shuttle's launch

Synonyms & Similar Words

takeoffs
liftoffs
blastoffs
ascents

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

landings
crashes
splashdowns

as in starts

the point at which something begins we are at the launch of a new age of space exploration

Synonyms & Similar Words

starts
beginnings
commencements
inceptions
onsets
alphas
dawns
geneses
thresholds
day ones
outsets
baselines
kickoffs
births
incipiencies
incipiences
debuts
nascencies
inaugurations
originations
infancies
mornings
nascences
initiations
git-goes
origins
get-goes
drawing boards
ground zeros
first bases
cradles
arrivals
square ones
springs
openings
fountains
sources
creations
institutions
emergences
débuts
germs
wells
advents
fountainheads
appearances
roots
wellsprings
childhoods
seedbeds
youths

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

ends
closes
conclusions
endings
stops
periods
finishes
closures
completions
closings
terminations
finales
omegas
cessations
windups

单词	launches
释义	launch 1 of 3 verb ˈlȯnch ˈlänch launched; launching; launches transitive verb 1 a : to throw forward : hurl launched an arrow at a target b : to release, catapult, or send off (a self-propelled object) launch a rocket 2 a : to set (a boat or ship) afloat b : to give (a person) a start launched her on a new career c(1) : to put into operation or set in motion : initiate, introduce launch a business launch a fund drive (2) : to get off to a good start a literary dinner to launch the book Newsweek d : to load into a computer's memory and run launch a program intransitive verb 1 a : to spring forward : take off The catapult snagged and the plane overturned before it could launch. b : to enter energetically launched into an impromptu speech Tim Tucker 2 a archaic : to slide down the ways b : to make a start had launched on his hour of study Hallam Tennyson launch 2 of 3 noun (1) : an act or instance of launching launch 3 of 3 noun (2) 1 : a large boat that operates from a ship 2 : a small motorboat that is open or that has the forepart of the hull covered Synonyms Verb begin constitute establish found inaugurate initiate innovate institute introduce pioneer plant set up start Noun (1) blastoff liftoff takeoff See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Verb The enemy launched an attack at sunrise. She's trying to launch a new career as a singer. The police have launched an investigation into his activities. He helped launch her in her career as a singer. The company is expected to launch several new products next year. You can launch the program by double-clicking on the icon. See More Word History Etymology Verb and Noun (1) Middle English, from Anglo-French lancher, lancer, from Late Latin lanceare* to wield a lance — more at lance Noun (2) Spanish or Portuguese; Spanish lancha, from Portuguese First Known Use Verb 14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a Noun (1) 1749, in the meaning defined above Noun (2) 1697, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing launch launch oneself launch out launch vehicle launch window pre-launch launch into launch oneself launch out launch vehicle launch window pre-launch launch into Kids Definition launch 1 of 3 verb ˈlȯnch launched; launching 1 : to throw or spring forward : hurl McNab scooped up a handful of track stones. He launched one. Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee 2 : to send off especially with force launch a spacecraft 3 : to set afloat launch a ship 4 : to give a start to : begin launch a plan launch 2 of 3 noun : an act of launching a rocket launch launch 3 of 3 noun : a small open or partly covered motorboat launches 1 of 2 verb present tense third-person singular of launch 1 as in founds to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of after retiring, he launched a small company devoted to making medical devices Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance founds establishes initiates introduces creates pioneers inaugurates begins institutes innovates starts plants constitutes organizes invents originates constructs develops manufactures devises produces sets up concocts fathers conceives authors expands funds relaunches contrives subsidizes enlarges arranges finances systematizes fabricates endows makes up cooks (up) reinitiates reinstitutes systemizes refounds thinks (up) puts up Antonyms & Near Antonyms closes (down) shuts (up) abolishes stops halts ends annihilates finishes nullifies terminates annuls phases out rounds (off or out) winds up wraps up See More 2 as in begins to take the first step in (a process or course of action) she launched a career in journalism after quitting acting school Synonyms & Similar Words begins commences starts opens creates initiates leads off generates kicks off gets going inaugurates organizes sets about gets off adopts invents innovates falls (to) gets to embarks (on or upon) establishes originates founds spawns strikes (into) enters (into or upon) institutes embraces fathers pioneers takes on takes up sets up gets around (to) gets down (to) gets round (to) Antonyms & Near Antonyms finishes ends concludes terminates stops halts completes ceases closes discontinues quits abandons leaves lays off destroys desists abolishes knocks off forsakes demolishes extinguishes exterminates phases out See More 3 as in throws to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm infantrymen launching grenades at the nest of machine gunners Synonyms & Similar Words throws hurls tosses flings catapults fires slings casts lobs heaves bowls flips lofts pitches chucks hurtles dashes pegs pelts lets fly propels thrusts rolls ejects shoots passes darts guns projects hooks precipitates rifles impels bucks launches 2 of 2 noun plural of launch 1 as in takeoffs a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket) the reporters held their collective breath as they silently watched the space shuttle's launch Synonyms & Similar Words takeoffs liftoffs blastoffs ascents Antonyms & Near Antonyms landings crashes splashdowns 2 as in starts the point at which something begins we are at the launch of a new age of space exploration Synonyms & Similar Words starts beginnings commencements inceptions onsets alphas dawns geneses thresholds day ones outsets baselines kickoffs births incipiencies incipiences debuts nascencies inaugurations originations infancies mornings nascences initiations git-goes origins get-goes drawing boards ground zeros first bases cradles arrivals square ones springs openings fountains sources creations institutions emergences débuts germs wells advents fountainheads appearances roots wellsprings childhoods seedbeds youths Antonyms & Near Antonyms ends closes conclusions endings stops periods finishes closures completions closings terminations finales omegas cessations windups See More
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